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  • Fubon Life Insurance confirms $50m commitment
    Helen Burch- 21 November 2022

    The Taiwan-based insurance company has backed a private equity fund.

  • Side Letter: Carlyle's fundraising update; Korean LP appetite; PEI Awards deadline
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 9 November 2022

    Carlyle is making "good progress" on the hunt for a replacement CEO. Plus: a Korean insurer doubles its alts target; and EQT raises Europe's largest early-stage VC tech fund. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Roundtable: How co-investors are adjusting to an unsettled market
    Private Equity News & AnalysisCarmela Mendoza- 3 October 2022

    Institutional capital continues to flow into the co-investment market. With inflation high, interest rates on the rise and regulatory change on the horizon, managers need to work hard on returns.

  • Side Letter: Insight's top tech tips; Hermes eyes GP-leds; ESG's liability load
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 8 September 2022

    An Insight Partners veteran shares advice for companies hoping to weather the coming storm. Plus: Hermes GPE is bullish on secondaries; and why some believe the SEC's ESG disclosure rules are "screwed up". Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Asia investors take stock
    FeaturedAlex Lynn, Amy Carroll- 1 September 2022

    A regulatory crackdown, ongoing pandemic disruption and an uncertain macroeconomic environment has some investors rethinking their approach to China, write Alex Lynn and Amy Carroll.

  • Secondaries alignment: Finding a balance
    FeaturedMadeleine Farman, Rod James, Adam Le- 1 September 2022

    Conflicts of interest can arise within the LP base as LPACs act in their own interest, not in the interest of the fund.

  • SI 50: Secondaries scales new heights
    FeaturedMadeleine Farman- 1 September 2022

    Even amid today’s rocky macro environment, the industry’s biggest fundraisers continue to pull in more capital

  • LPs want to see these four things from Chinese GPs
    InvestorsAlex Lynn- 24 August 2022

    BlackRock PEP, HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane and a Hong Kong family office shared tips for Chinese managers on the fundraising trail at HKVCA's China Private Equity Summit on Wednesday 24 August.

  • Side Letter: Markdowns are coming; BlackRock's multi-asset edge; NEST's next PE pick
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 18 July 2022

    Partners Group and San Bernardino's public pension system are among the latest to mark down their private equity portfolios as valuations begin to follow the fall among their public equivalents. Plus: Why BlackRock could benefit from PE's allocation headache; and UK pension giant NEST has picked its next PE manager. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Three future market trends to watch in private equity
    Private Equity News & AnalysisLouise Fordham- 3 May 2022

    These developments, further explored in PEI's Future of Private Equity special report, could present both opportunities and challenges for the industry going forward.